Lauren Goodger has revealed she suffered a devastating miscarriage in 2013 after falling pregnant by ex-boyfriend Jake McLean.

The TOWIE star shared her secret heartbreak for the first time in an upcoming episode of Channel 5’s In Therapy.

But speaking to New magazine, the 30-year-old said she’d never intended for her baby loss to become public knowledge.

Reflecting on the show, Lauren said: “I’m not sure why I opened up about it. It’s not something I planned to talk about, but it just happened."

Lauren said the miscarriage happened while she was on Dancing On Ice in 2013 (Image: Mirrorpix)

Lauren explained on In Therapy that the miscarriage happened while she was competing on skating show Dancing On Ice, where she was sent home in the second elimination.

“I was on a TV show that was quite intense when that happened,” she recalled.

“I had to try and perform and I was quite far gone.”

“I’m the type of person that if something happens, I deal with it and move on. That’s how I am. And I feel at that time, I was working – not on purpose – it was just how my life was going. It’s not something I really addressed. I just carried on.”

Dancing on Ice - Lauren Goodyer (Image: ITV)

Lauren recently spoke of her desire to start a family (Image: laurenrosegoodger/Instgram)

Lauren has previously been open about having an abortion at the age of 20 after falling pregnant while dating then-boyfriend Mark Wright.

In an interview from 2011, the Essex star said: “I was still living with my mum, our relationship was so volatile and we weren’t ready for a baby.

“I’d be left in the flat and he’d go off with other girls and we said, ‘Let’s wait till we’re more settled’.

“It was the right thing to do. If he’d said to me, ‘Oh my God, I could never get rid of it, let’s have it,’ I probably would have.”

And Mark said in a separate interview: “It was such an upsetting time. I hate the idea of abortions, that's why it only happened once in ten years. I was more careful. It was very early days. It was a little bunch of cells but that still could've been my child. I broke down.”

Mark is now happily married to actress Michelle Keegan.

Lauren spoke recently about her desire to start a family in the next year and said if a child did arrive, she’ll definitely be taking him or her on TOWIE.

"This is going to be a big year for me, just watch this space. I am definitely going to have my baby with me on TOWIE," she told Daily Mail .

"It will come with me on shoots and everything because it will be my world. Having a baby is so much a part of you."